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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1937
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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST
BUTTER
BRIGHTER PICTURE
OF WAR SITUATION Japanese Adance, Stopped At Wusih And Kiangyin MANY SERIOUS OBSTACLES UNLOADING OF
STILL TO BE OVERCOME
TOKYO AND NEUTRAL
ZONE REPORT
Tokyo, To-day-
The Japanese Foreign Office, re- garding reports that Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, US. Ambassador to China, has presented a plan seek- ing Japanese approval for the creation of a neutral zone in Nan- king, says that it has no know- ledge of any such request. Our Own Correspondent.
CHINA'S CAST-IRON DETERMINATION
STORY OF FALL OF
WUSHING
Shanghai, To-day.
BRITISH RICE CARGO STOPPED
Shanghai, To-day. Considerable discus-
Capture of Fushan forts, on the Yangtse, by sion has been aroused the Japanese, is definitely confirmed in Shanghai. here by the Japanese pro- hibition of the unloading It is admitted that the only strong line of de-of a cargo of rice from a fence now barring the way to Nanking in this sec- British steamer. tor is the line stretching from Kiangyin to Wusih, but this is holding staunchly.
The Japanese are hare objected to
rmit.
of to
Chief danger is of the line being outflanked imported to Shanghai under a mi by the Japanese, who are reported to be making progress on the southern bank of Taihu Lake, Wu- shing having fallen.
firm
The importers of the understood to be a French while the buyers are Chinese, are now reported to be willing to fuse the rice for feeding the re fugees in Nantao.
is
The Shanghai Municipal Counci nsider tha understood
are enhanced by the fact the Chim Should new measures to check ese troops who fought in the the advance from Wushing fail Shanghai Soochow area are beir the Wusih-Kiangyin defence line reorganised, while fresh bodies of would rapidly become untenable, well trained and well-equipped and Nanking would be directly men are steadily pouring towards threatened. The decision of the the front.
but will probably comply Kiangyin hitherto has withstood wishes of the Japanese an Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr.
to remain in persistent shelling
om the sea, Wang Chung-hui, the capital, has, under these cir- cumstances, aroused much specu-
Shanghai, To-day. Chinese circles are much en- heartened by a statement made by the Minister of Finance, Dr. H. Hlation.
It is believed that the Minis- Kung, in an interview at Hankow, ter's decision is attributable to that no matter how long the war the fact that the foreign Embas lasts, China is financially prepared sies are not inclined to leave Nan- to see it through"
king, where it is hoped that al? safety zone will be created for
Trans Ocean
JAPANESE ADMISSION
Dr. Kung said the National them. Government had completed all preparations for this purpose, and added that removal of the seat of government to Chung- king did not mean abandonment of Nanking but "was designed to demonstrate in the course of a war of protracted resistance, China's cast-iron determination to fight to the las
THE LONG RUN
Wirsih, the Japanese man admitted to day that the ese still held the city, which pivotal point of the strong
The Minister recalled that dur-line running to Kiangyin, ing the Great War, Paris was Yangtse. under constant threat of German occupation, and that the French Government hath to move its
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